Michael George is getting a new trial
Once convicted of killing his wife in 1990, comics retailer and convention organizer Michael George is getting a second trial, after a judge overturned...
MARS needs interns!
Actually, both The Beat and Publishers Weekly need interns!We mean it!The Beat is still looking for an intern who can help with all sorts...
Diamond Retailer Summit news roundup
by Torsten Adair
• Diamond's new warehouse:
At Monday's breakfast, Cindy Fournier, Diamond Vice President of Operations, presented the new distribution warehouse moving from Memphis,...
Land o’ the links
§ An Entrepreneur.com story on webcomics includes the fact that Chris Onstad makes $250K a year from ACHEWOOD-related activities:
Webcomics cultivate an underground rapport with...
Rowling wins fair use suit
J.K. Rowling has won a lawsuit against the Harry Potter Lexicon website, which was planning to publish a print version.“I took no pleasure at...
ALL-STAR BATMAN #10 recall
Well, it looks like the slow news day may be ending, as DC is requesting that this week's shipment of ALL STAR BATMAN AND...
Email woes on a Friday afternoon
Here at Stately Beat Manor, we've put our entire tech team on a VERY troubling and pressing problem. It seems that we have not...
Tea with Baby, The Stars Shine Bright
We're not entirely sure what that means, either, but the New York Anime Festival is coming up FAST -- at the end of the...
Internet users remix CHROME
4chan hackers have been busily remixing Scott McCloud's comic about Google's new Chrome browser, with amusing results.
Related: Chrome has had a bumpy rollout...
TwoMorrows also having sale!
John Morrow writes to alert us that TwoMorrows is also having a back issue sale:
TwoMorrows Publishing is offering their largest sale in the company's...
Workin’ it
Okay, so we haven't quite awoken from vacation mode yet. Based on our email, neither has anyone else.
What would Clive Owen do?
What would...
Top Shelf sale!
We announced PIctureBox's sale the other day, but Top Shelf is also having a cracking good sale!
To celebrate The Surrogates movie wrapping principal photography,...
